This high-impact, high-energy HANDS-ON program features a number of physically demanding RIT exercises designed to enhance - RIT DEPLOYMENT OPERATIONS. Participants will receive detailed instruction on a number of field tested RIT deployment procedures including: TIC usage in firefighter search operations, emergency/non-emergency communications, fireground accountability operations, command & control procedures, relay rescue operations, search-line deployment and survival skills, firefighter rescue drags, carries, removal techniques, and “Objective Based RIT Deployment” procedures.

The use of self-contained breathing apparatus is considered a basic tool of the firefighting trade. Unfortunately, with this general assumption comes a complacent mindset and lack luster efforts in annual training and proficiency testing. The unending respiratory hazards faced by the modern firefighter bring forth a need for continuous evaluations in the use and proficiency of self-contained breathing apparatus. As trainers, we must design and develop drills that challenge and motivate those experienced members while maintaining a high degree of realism.

This INTENSE HANDS-ON program will provide participants with a number of scenario based training stations that will enhance their personal proficiency and endurance levels in the use and operation of self-contained breathing apparatus - this program is designed for both basic and advanced firefighters.

Over the past five years a number of Firefighter Rescue/Survival training programs have included the use of search lines to rapidly locate and remove a lost or disoriented firefighter. This HANDS-ON program will provide attendees with an in-depth understanding of search line operations and the critical survival skills necessary to properly conduct an effective search; including: search line orientation/confidence training, methods of tracking and accountability, tool probing/navigation, emergency escape procedures during search line operations, and the proper actions during structural collapse situations. The conclusion of this program will include an in-depth "Mayday!" rescue operation enlisting the participant's skills in incident management, command and control, accountability, search & rescue, fireground communications and much, much, more.

• The Firefighter/Officer shall describe the proper actions for a trapped, lost or disoriented firefighter with 100% accuracy.
• The Firefighter/Officer shall identify the four (4) most critical factors related to search line survival with 100% accuracy.
• The Firefighter/Officer shall describe how to safely conduct a residential and/or commercial search using search lines with 100% accuracy.

This HANDS-ON program features a high-energy, high-impact delivery of one of the most critical aspects of fireground safety & survival - RIT DEPLOYMENT OPERATIONS. Using scenario-based training, this aggressive hands-on program will provide participants with the opportunity to participate in basic and advanced RIT deployment operations. Scenarios detail the following: TIC usage, emergency/non-emergency fireground communications, accountability operations, incident management / rescue sector operations, search-line deployment operations, firefighter rescue drags, carries and removal techniques and much, much more.

• Define the roles and responsibilities of a rapid intervention team in support of firefighter safety & survival with 100% accuracy. Describe how to effectively deploy a RIT Team for search, rescue and removal of a downed member(s) with 100% accuracy.
  
• Describe how to effectively manage a fireground "Mayday!" operation using proper fireground accountability, communications, rescue sectorization and resource management techniques with 100% accuracy.

This in-depth, fast paced course provides experienced members with the necessary training and background to safely and effectively develop a Saving Our Own program for their department. Specific emphasis is placed on case-based scenario training, prop construction requirements, training safety, and personnel proficiency in firefighter safety & survival skills.

This in-depth, fast paced course details past firefighter fatalities and the lessons learned, emphasizing the importance of rapid intervention teams, self-survival skills, structural collapse awareness, communications, fire ground accountability and the need for risk management on the fire ground.

This two-day course features a high-energy four-hour multimedia presentation detailing fireground fatalities from across the United States and the many lessons to be learned from each. Additional lessons include RIT Team implementation, deployment and rescue operations including a detailed overview of the "Safety Engine" Concept, which promotes fireground survivability through proactive fireground operations (i.e. ladders for secondary means of egress/access, four-point scene lighting and much, much more). Participants are then provided with 16 hours of intense HANDS-ON training emphasizing the necessary skills for self-survival and firefighter rescue.

Drills include:
The Denver Drill: (Based on the death of Mark Langvardt of the Denver Fire Department). Firefighter Langvardt was found trapped in a second floor room measuring 27" in width, 11' in depth with a window opening 42" from the floor and limited to 22" in width.
The Columbus Drill: (Based on the death of John Nance of the Columbus Fire Department). Engineer Nance was trapped in the basement of a commercial occupancy following a floor collapse. Despite the exhaustive efforts of multiple crews, engineer Nance was unable to be removed from the occupancy prior to succumbing to the elements.
Ladder Bailout: Although this drill is not specifically designed after a firefighter fatality, it is designed as a last ditch method for rapid escape via ladder in an effort to escape rapid fire development, toxic environment following an exhausted air supply and/or a significant event such as collapse, explosion, etc.
Rope Slide: Again, not specifically designed after a specific fatal event, this drill like the bailout is designed to provide the firefighter with a secondary method of escape (last ditch effort) utilizing an axe or halligan and a 30' piece of webbing or escape cord.
Stair Carry: This drill teaches the firefighter specific techniques of how to offset the weight of a firefighter while carry a member up a flight of stairs to an area of safety. Taking advantage of the accessories found on every firefighter, the rescuer is taught to use the SCBA shoulder straps as handles while an additional crewmembers supports the lift using a modified lower extremity carry.
SCBA Confidence Training: This drill although not part of the original Saving Our Own Course was designed by Chief Sendelbach and incorporated to teach firefighters in a "safe" training environment their personal limitations and proficiency levels as it pertains to SCBA operation and use. This physically and mentally challenging course provides the necessary versatility to challenge the veteran and rookie firefighter equally, thus providing a diverse method of instruction seldom experienced in previous classes.
Ladder Rescue: Ladder rescues are commonplace on the modern fireground, yet the successful rescue of a firefighter via ladder presents several complications. How do you carry a larger statured firefighter down a ladder? What do you do with the SCBA of the downed member? These questions and much more are answered and successfully demonstrated using a modified approach to standardized ladder techniques previously taught throughout the fire service.
"The Grand Finale" highlights the final phase of this class as taught by Chief Sendelbach and his staff. This final phase is another unique feature of the TES² SOO program designed specifically to reinforce the aforementioned skills in one final scenario. This drill incorporates nearly every skill previously taught while at the same time emphasizing the concepts of IMS, accountability, personnel and resource management, fireground communications, risk management, fireground/firefighter safety and much, much more.